UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: January 22, 2010
(Date of earliest event reported)
Timberline Resources Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Commission File Number: 001-34055
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Delaware | | 82-0291227 |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
101 East Lakeside Avenue
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho 83814
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(208) 664-4859
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5.02 Appointment of Director; Compensatory Arrangement of Certain Officers
On January 22, 2010, pursuant to the Registrant’s bylaws, the Registrant’s Board of Directors appointed Mr. Robert Martinez as a director to the Company.
Mr. Martinez (63) is a metallurgical engineer with over 35 years of experience in the mining and exploration industry. Since May 2005, Mr. Martinez has been an independent mine management and metallurgical consultant. In addition, from May 2005 until September 2008, Mr. Martinez was a member of the Board of Directors of Metallica Resources Inc., and from August 2005 until May 2009, he was a member of the Board of Directors of Zacoro Metals. From August 1988 until December 2004, Mr. Martinez held various management and executive positions at NYSE-listed Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation including serving as Vice President and General Manager of the Rochester Mine, Vice President of Engineering and Operations, Senior Vice President of Operations, and President and Chief Operating Officer. He holds a B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from the University of Arizona and has completed graduate work in business at Western New Mexico University and Dartmouth College.
Mr. Martinez is not related by blood or marriage to any of the Company’s directors or executive officers or any persons nominated by the Company to become directors or executive officers. In the last fiscal year, the Company has not engaged in any transaction in which Mr. Martinez or a person related to Mr. Martinez had a direct or indirect material interest. To the Company’s knowledge, there is no arrangement or understanding between any of our officers and directors and Mr. Martinez pursuant to which he was selected to serve as a director.
Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On January 26, 2010, Timberline Resources Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release entitled “Robert Martinez Joins Timberline Board of Directors” A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this report, including the exhibits attached hereto, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“the Exchange Act”), nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1*
Press Release of Timberline Resources Corporation dated January 26, 2010.
* - Furnished to, not filed with, the Commission pursuant to Item 7.01 above.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| TIMBERLINE RESOURCES CORPORATION |
| | By: | /s/ Randal Hardy |
| Date: January 26, 2010 | | Randal Hardy
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No.
Description
99.1
Press Release of Timberline Resources Corporation dated January 26, 2010.
